Method for transmitting control information and apparatus for same

ABSTRACT

A wireless communication system is disclosed. A method for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation and operating in TDD includes: generating a first HARQ-ACK (hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement) set for a first cell using a value M; generating a second HARQ-ACK set for a second cell using the value M; and transmitting a bit value corresponding to a third HARQ-ACK set including the first HARQ-ACK set and the second HARQ-ACK set in an uplink subframe n, wherein M=max(M1, M2), max(M1, M2) representing a value being equal to or larger than not smaller between M1 and M2, wherein M1 corresponds to the number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe n in the first cell, and M2 corresponds to the number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe n in the second cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell have different UL-DL configurations.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.15/156,005, filed on May 16, 2016, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,614,649, which isa continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/802,710, filed onJul. 17, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,425,943, which is continuation ofU.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/038,558, filed on Sep. 26, 2013, nowU.S. Pat. No. 9,118,448, which is a continuation of U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 14/007,933, filed on Sep. 26, 2013, now U.S. Pat.No. 8,897,187, which is the National Stage filing under 35 U.S.C. §371of International Application No. PCT/KR2012/007677, filed on Sep. 24,2012, which claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right ofpriority to Korean Application No. KR10-2012-0106158, filed on Sep. 24,2012, and also claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.61/696,312, filed on Sep. 4, 2012, 61/671,104, filed on Jul. 13, 2012,61/658,386, filed on Jun. 11, 2012, and 61/538,141, filed on Sep. 23,2011 the contents of which are all hereby incorporated by referenceherein in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, andmore specifically, to a method for transmitting control information anda device for the same.

BACKGROUND ART

Wireless communication systems have been widely deployed to providevarious types of communication services including voice and dataservices. In general, a wireless communication system is a multipleaccess system that supports communication among multiple users bysharing available system resources (e.g. bandwidth, transmit power,etc.) among the multiple users. The multiple access system may adopt amultiple access scheme such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA),Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access(TDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), or SingleCarrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA).

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

An object of the present invention devised to solve the problem lies ina method for efficiently transmitting control information in a wirelesscommunication system and a device for the same. Another object of thepresent invention is to provide a method for efficiently transmittinguplink control information in a TDD (Time Division Duplex) system andefficiently managing resources for the same and a device for the same.The technical problems solved by the present invention are not limitedto the above technical problems and those skilled in the art mayunderstand other technical problems from the following description.

Technical Solution

The object of the present invention can be achieved by providing amethod for transmitting uplink control information in a wirelesscommunication system supporting carrier aggregation and operating in TDD(time division duplex), the method including: generating a firstHARQ-ACK (hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement) set for afirst cell using a value M; generating a second HARQ-ACK set for asecond cell using the value M; and transmitting a bit valuecorresponding to a third HARQ-ACK set including the first HARQ-ACK setand the second HARQ-ACK set in an uplink subframe n, wherein M=max(M1,M2), max(M1, M2) representing a value not smaller between (e.g., a valuebeing larger than or equal to) M1 and M2, wherein M1 corresponds to thenumber of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe n inthe first cell, and M2 corresponds to the number of downlink subframescorresponding to the uplink subframe n in the second cell, wherein thefirst cell and the second cell have different UL-DL configurations.

In another aspect of the present invention, provided herein is acommunication device configured to transmit uplink control informationin a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation andoperating in TDD (time division duplex), the communication deviceincluding: a radio frequency (RF) unit; and a processor, wherein theprocessor is configured to generate a first HARQ-ACK set for a firstcell using a value M, to generate a second HARQ-ACK set for a secondcell using the value M, and to transmit a bit value corresponding to athird HARQ-ACK set including the first HARQ-ACK set and the secondHARQ-ACK set in an uplink subframe n, wherein M=max(M1, M2), max(M1, M2)representing a value not smaller between M1 and M2, wherein M1corresponds to the number of downlink subframes corresponding to theuplink subframe n in the first cell, and M2 corresponds to the number ofdownlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe n in the secondcell, wherein the first cell and the second cell have different UL-DLconfigurations.

The first cell may be a primary cell (PCell) and the second cell is asecondary cell (SCell).

When M1≠1 and M2≠0, the first HARQ-ACK set may be followed by the secondHARQ-ACK set in the third HARQ-ACK set.

When M1=0 and M2≠0, the second HARQ-ACK set may be followed by the firstHARQ-ACK set in the third HARQ-ACK set.

When M1<M2, the first HARQ-ACK set may include M2 HARQ-ACK responses,and M2−M1 HARQ-ACK responses at the back of the first HARQ-ACK set maybe set as DTX.

The bit value corresponding to the third HARQ-ACK set may be transmittedusing a specific PUCCH resource corresponding to the third HARQ-ACK set,from among a plurality of PUCCHs.

The bit value corresponding to the third HARQ-ACK set may be transmittedthrough a PUSCH.

Advantageous Effects

According to the present invention, control information can beefficiently transmitted in a wireless communication system.Specifically, uplink control information can be efficiently transmittedin a TDD system and resources for the same can be efficiently managed.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to theabove-described effects and other effects which are not described hereinwill become apparent to those skilled in the art from the followingdescription.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the invention, illustrate embodiments of the inventionand together with the description serve to explain the principle of theinvention. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates a radio frame structure;

FIG. 2 illustrates a resource grid of a downlink slot;

FIG. 3 illustrates a downlink subframe structure;

FIG. 4 illustrates an uplink subframe structure;

FIG. 5 illustrates a slot level structure of PUCCH format 1a/1b;

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of determining a PUCCH resource forACK/NACK;

FIG. 7 illustrates a TDD UL ACK/NACK (uplink acknowledgement/negativeacknowledgement) transmission process in a single cell situation;

FIG. 8 illustrates a carrier aggregation (CA) communication system;

FIG. 9 illustrates scheduling in case of aggregation of a plurality ofcarriers;

FIG. 10 illustrates a TDD CA A/N transmission process;

FIG. 11 illustrates an HD (half duplex)-TDD CA scheme;

FIG. 12 illustrates an FD (full duplex)-TDD CA scheme;

FIG. 13 illustrates a TDD CA A/N transmission process according to anembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 illustrates a TDD CA A/N transmission process according toanother embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 15 illustrates a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE)applicable to an embodiment of the present invention.

BEST MODE

Embodiments of the present invention are applicable to a variety ofwireless access technologies such as Code Division Multiple Access(CDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time DivisionMultiple Access (TDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access(OFDMA), and Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access(SC-FDMA). CDMA can be implemented as a radio technology such asUniversal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) or CDMA2000. TDMA can beimplemented as a radio technology such as Global System for Mobilecommunications (GSM)/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)/Enhanced DataRates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). OFDMA can be implemented as a radiotechnology such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE) 802.11 (Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)), IEEE 802.16 (Worldwideinteroperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)), IEEE 802.20, EvolvedUTRA (E-UTRA). UTRA is a part of Universal Mobile TelecommunicationsSystem (UMTS). 3^(rd) Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long TermEvolution (LTE) is a part of Evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using E-UTRA,employing OFDMA for downlink and SC-FDMA for uplink. LTE-Advanced(LTE-A) is an evolution of 3GPP LTE.

While the following description is given, centering on 3GPP LTE/LTE-A toclarify the description, this is purely exemplary and thus should not beconstrued as limiting the present invention.

The terms used in the specification will now be described.

-   -   HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat request-Acknowledgement): this        represents an acknowledgment response to downlink transmission        (e.g. PDSCH or SPS release PDCCH), that is, an ACK/NACK/DTX        response (simply, ACK/NACK response, ACK/NACK). The ACK/NACK/DTX        response refers to ACK, NACK, DTX or NACK/DTX. HARQ-ACK for a CC        or HARQ-ACK of a CC refers to an ACK/NACK response to downlink        transmission related to (e.g. scheduled for) the CC. A PDSCH can        be replaced by a transport block (TB) or a codeword.    -   PDSCH: this corresponds to a DL grant PDCCH. The PDSCH is used        interchangeably with a PDSCH w/PDCCH in the specification.    -   SPS release PDCCH: this refers to a PDCCH indicating SPS        release. A UE performs uplink feedback of ACK/NACK information        about an SPS release PDCCH.    -   SPS PDSCH: this is a PDSCH transmitted on DL using a resource        semi-statically set according to SPS. The SPS PDSCH has no DL        grant PDCCH corresponding thereto. The SPS PDSCH is used        interchangeably with a PDSCH w/o PDCCH in the specification.    -   PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) index: this corresponds        to a PUCCH resource. The PUCCH index indicates a PUCCH resource        index, for example. The PUCCH resource index is mapped to at        least one of an orthogonal cover (OC), a cyclic shift (CS) and        PRB.    -   ARI (ACK/NACK Resource Indicator): this is used to indicate a        PUCCH resource. For example, the ARI can be used to indicate a        resource change value (e.g. offset) for a specific PUCCH        resource (group) (configured by a higher layer). Otherwise, the        ARI can be used to indicate a specific PUCCH resource (group)        index in a PUCCH resource (group) set (configured by a higher        layer). The ARI can be included in a TPC (Transmit Power        Control) field of a PDCCH corresponding to a PDSCH on an SCC.        PUCCH power control is performed through a TPC field in a PDCCH        (i.e. a PDCCH corresponding to a PDSCH on a PCC) that schedules        the PCC. Furthermore, the ARI can be included in a TPC field of        a PDCCH other than a PDCCH that schedules a specific cell (e.g.        PCell) while having a DAI (Downlink Assignment Index) initial        value. The ARI is used with a HARQ-ACK resource indication        value.    -   DAI (Downlink Assignment Index): this is included in DCI        transmitted through a PDCCH. The DAI can indicate an order value        or counter value of a PDCCH. A value indicated by a DAI field of        a DL grant PDCCH is called a DL DAI and a value indicated by a        DAI field of a UL grant PDCCH is called a UL DAI for        convenience.    -   Implicit PUCCH resource: this represents a PUCCH resource/index        linked to a lowest CCE index of a PDCCH that schedules a PCC or        is transmitted through the PCC (refer to Equation 1).    -   Explicit PUCCH resource: this can be indicated using the ARI.    -   CC scheduling PDCCH: this indicates a PDCCH that schedules a        PDSCH on a corresponding CC. That is, this represents the PDCCH        corresponding to the PDSCH on the CC.    -   PCC (Primary Component Carrier) PDCCH: this indicates a PDCCH        that schedules a PCC. That is, the PCC PDCCH represents a PDCCH        corresponding to a PDSCH on the PCC. The PCC PDCCH is        transmitted only on the PCC on the assumption that cross-carrier        scheduling is not permitted. The term PCC is used        interchangeably with PCell (Primary Cell).    -   SCC (Secondary Component Carrier) PDCCH: this indicates a PDCCH        that schedules an SCC. That is, the SCC PDCCH represents a PDCCH        corresponding to a PDSCH on the SCC. The SCC PDCCH can be        transmitted on a CC (e.g. PCC) other than the corresponding SCC        when cross-carrier scheduling is permitted for the SCC. The SCC        PDCCH is transmitted only on the SCC when cross-carrier        scheduling is not permitted for the SCC. The term SCC is used        interchangeably with SCell (Secondary Cell).    -   Cross-CC scheduling: this refers to an operation of transmitting        a PDCCH that schedules an SCC through a CC (e.g. PCC) other than        the SCC. Cross-CC scheduling means an operation of        scheduling/transmitting all PDCCHs only through a PCC when only        the PCC and one SCC are present.    -   Non-cross-CC scheduling: this refers to an operation of        scheduling/transmitting a PDCCH that schedules each CC through        the corresponding CC.

FIG. 1 illustrates a radio frame structure. In a cellular OFDM wirelesspacket communication system, uplink/downlink data packet transmission isperformed on a subframe-by-subframe basis. A subframe is defined as apredetermined time interval including a plurality of OFDM symbols.LTE(-A) supports a type-1 radio frame structure for FDD (frequencydivision duplex) and a type-2 radio frame structure for TDD (timedivision duplex).

FIG. 1(a) illustrates a type-1 radio frame structure. A downlinksubframe includes 10 subframes each of which includes 2 slots in thetime domain. A time for transmitting a subframe is defined as atransmission time interval (TTI). For example, each subframe has alength of 1 ms and each slot has a length of 0.5 ms. A slot includes aplurality of OFDM symbols in the time domain and includes a plurality ofresource blocks (RBs) in the frequency domain. Since downlink uses OFDMin LTE(-A), an OFDM symbol represents a symbol period. The OFDM symbolmay be called an SC-FDMA symbol or symbol period. An RB as a resourceallocation unit may include a plurality of consecutive subcarriers inone slot.

The number of OFDM symbols included in one slot may depend on CyclicPrefix (CP) configuration. When an OFDM symbol is configured with thenormal CP, for example, the number of OFDM symbols included in one slotmay be 7. When an OFDM symbol is configured with the extended CP, thenumber of OFDM symbols included in one slot may be 6.

FIG. 1(b) illustrates a type-2 radio frame structure. The type-2 radioframe includes 2 half frames. Each half frame includes 5 subframes. Onesubframe consists of 2 slots.

Table 1 shows UL-DL configurations (UL-DL Cfg) of subframes in a radioframe in the TDD mode.

TABLE 1 Downlink- to- Uplink Uplink- Switch- downlink point Subframenumber configuration periodicity 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 5 ms D S U U U DS U U U 1 5 ms D S U U D D S U U D 2 5 ms D S U D D D S U D D 3 10 ms  DS U U U D D D D D 4 10 ms  D S U U D D D D D D 5 10 ms  D S U D D D D DD D 6 5 ms D S U U U D S U U D

In Table 1, D denotes a downlink subframe, U denotes an uplink subframeand S denotes a special subframe.

The special subframe includes DwPTS (Downlink Pilot TimeSlot), GP (GuardPeriod), and UpPTS (Uplink Pilot TimeSlot). DwPTS is a period reservedfor downlink transmission and UpPTS is a period reserved for uplinktransmission.

Table 2 shows DwPTS/GP/UpPTS lengths according to special subframeconfigurations. In Table 2, Ts denotes sampling time.

TABLE 2 Normal cyclic prefix in downlink Extended cyclic prefix in UpPTSdownlink Normal UpPTS cyclic Extended Normal Extended Special prefixcyclic cyclic cyclic subframe in prefix prefix in prefix inconfiguration DwPTS uplink in uplink DwPTS uplink uplink 0  6592 · T_(s)2192 · T_(s) 2560 · T_(s)  7680 · T_(s) 2192 · T_(s) 2560 · T_(s) 119760 · T_(s) 20480 · T_(s) 2 21925 · T_(s) 23040 · T_(s) 3 24144 ·T_(s) 25600 · T_(s) 4 26336 · T_(s)  7680 · T_(s) 4384 · T_(s) 5120 ·T_(s) 5  6592 · T_(s) 4384 · T_(s) 5120 · T_(s) 20480 · T_(s) 6 19760 ·T_(s) 23040 · T_(s) 7 21952 · T_(s) — — — 8 24144 · T_(s) — — —

The radio frame structure is exemplary and the number of subframes, thenumber of slots and the number of symbols in a radio frame can vary.

FIG. 2 illustrates a resource grid of a downlink slot.

Referring to FIG. 2, a downlink slot includes a plurality of OFDMsymbols in the time domain. One downlink slot may include 7(6) OFDMsymbols, and one resource block (RB) may include 12 subcarriers in thefrequency domain. Each element on the resource grid is referred to as aresource element (RE). One RB includes 12×7(6) REs. The number N_(RB) ofRBs included in the downlink slot depends on a downlink transmitbandwidth. The structure of an uplink slot may be same as that of thedownlink slot except that OFDM symbols by replaced by SC-FDMA symbols.

FIG. 3 illustrates a downlink subframe structure.

Referring to FIG. 3, a maximum of three (four) OFDM symbols located in afront portion of a first slot within a subframe correspond to a controlregion to which a control channel is allocated. The remaining OFDMsymbols correspond to a data region to which a physical downlink sharedchancel (PDSCH) is allocated. Examples of downlink control channels usedin LTE include a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), aphysical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a physical hybrid ARQindicator channel (PHICH), etc. The PCFICH is transmitted at a firstOFDM symbol of a subframe and carries information regarding the numberof OFDM symbols used for transmission of control channels within thesubframe. The PHICH is a response of uplink transmission and carries anHARQ acknowledgment (ACK)/not-acknowledgment (NACK) signal.

Control information transmitted through the PDCCH is referred to asdownlink control information (DCI). Formats 0, 3, 3A and 4 for uplinkand formats 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 2, 2A, 2B and 2C for downlink are definedas DCI formats. The DCI formats selectively include information such ashopping flag, RB allocation, MCS (Modulation Coding Scheme), RV(Redundancy Version), NDI (New Data Indicator), TPC (Transmit PowerControl), cyclic shift DM RS (Demodulation Reference Signal), CQI(Channel Quality Information) request, HARQ process number, TPMI(Transmitted Precoding Matrix Indicator), PMI (Precoding MatrixIndicator) confirmation according as necessary.

A PDCCH may carry a transport format and a resource allocation of adownlink shared channel (DL-SCH), resource allocation information of anuplink shared channel (UL-SCH), paging information on a paging channel(PCH), system information on the DL-SCH, information on resourceallocation of an upper-layer control message such as a random accessresponse transmitted on the PDSCH, a set of Tx power control commands onindividual UEs within an arbitrary UE group, a Tx power control command,information on activation of a voice over IP (VoIP), etc. A plurality ofPDCCHs can be transmitted within a control region. The UE can monitorthe plurality of PDCCHs. The PDCCH is transmitted on an aggregation ofone or several consecutive control channel elements (CCEs). The CCE is alogical allocation unit used to provide the PDCCH with a coding ratebased on a state of a radio channel. The CCE corresponds to a pluralityof resource element groups (REGs). A format of the PDCCH and the numberof bits of the available PDCCH are determined by the number of CCEs. TheBS determines a PDCCH format according to DCI to be transmitted to theUE, and attaches a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) to control information.The CRC is masked with a unique identifier (referred to as a radionetwork temporary identifier (RNTI)) according to an owner or usage ofthe PDCCH. If the PDCCH is for a specific UE, a unique identifier (e.g.,cell-RNTI (C-RNTI)) of the UE may be masked to the CRC. Alternatively,if the PDCCH is for a paging message, a paging identifier (e.g.,paging-RNTI (P-RNTI)) may be masked to the CRC. If the PDCCH is forsystem information (more specifically, a system information block(SIB)), a system information RNTI (SI-RNTI) may be masked to the CRC.When the PDCCH is for a random access response, a random access-RNTI(RA-RNTI) may be masked to the CRC.

FIG. 4 illustrates an uplink subframe structure.

Referring to FIG. 4, an uplink subframe includes a plurality of (e.g. 2)slots. A slot may include different numbers of SC-FDMA symbols accordingto CP lengths. The uplink subframe is divided into a control region anda data region in the frequency domain. The data region is allocated witha PUSCH and used to carry a data signal such as audio data. The controlregion is allocated a PUCCH and used to carry uplink control information(UCI). The PUCCH includes an RB pair located at both ends of the dataregion in the frequency domain and hopped in a slot boundary.

The PUCCH can be used to transmit the following control information.

-   -   Scheduling Request (SR): This is information used to request a        UL-SCH resource and is transmitted using On-Off Keying (OOK)        scheme.    -   HARQ ACK/NACK: This is a response signal to a downlink data        packet on a PDSCH and indicates whether the downlink data packet        has been successfully received. A 1-bit ACK/NACK signal is        transmitted as a response to a single downlink codeword and a        2-bit ACK/NACK signal is transmitted as a response to two        downlink codewords.    -   Channel Quality Indicator (CQI): This is feedback information        about a downlink channel Feedback information regarding Multiple        Input Multiple Output (MIMO) includes Rank Indicator (RI) and        Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI). 20 bits are used for each        subframe.

Table 3 shows the mapping relationship between PUCCH formats and UCI inLTE.

TABLE 3 PUCCH format UCI (Uplink Control Information) Format 1 SR(Scheduling Request) (non-modulated waveform Format 1a 1-bit HARQACK/NACK (SR exist/non-exist) Format 1b 2-bit HARQ ACK/NACK (SRexist/non-exist) Format 2 CQI (20 coded bits) Format 2 CQI and 1- or2-bit HARQ ACK/NACK (20 bits) (corresponding to only extended CP) Format2a CQI and 1-bit HARQ ACK/NACK (20 + 1 coded bits) Format 2b CQI and2-bit HARQ ACK/NACK (20 + 2 coded bits) Format 3 HARQ ACK/NACK + SR (48bits) (LTE-A)

FIG. 5 illustrates a slot level structure of PUCCH formats 1a/1b. ThePUCCH formats 1a/1b are used for ACK/NACK transmission. In the case ofnormal CP, SC-FDMA symbols #2, #3 and #4 are used for DM RStransmission. In the case of extended CP, SC-FDMA symbols #2 and #3 areused for DM RS transmission. Accordingly, 4 SC-FDMA symbols in a slotare used for ACK/NACK transmission. PUCCH format 1a/1b is called PUCCHformat 1 for convenience.

Referring to FIG. 5, 1-bit [b(0)] and 2-bit [b(0)b(1)] ACK/NACKinformation are modulated according to BPSK and QPSK modulation schemesrespectively, to generate one ACK/NACK modulation symbol d₀. Each bit[b(i), i=0, 1] of the ACK/NACK information indicates a HARQ response toa corresponding DL transport block, corresponds to 1 in the case ofpositive ACK and corresponds to 0 in case of negative ACK (NACK). Table4 shows a modulation table defined for PUCCH formats 1a and 1b in LTE.

TABLE 4 PUCCH format b(0), . . . , b(M_(bit) − 1) d(0) 1a 0  1 1 −1 1b00  1 01 −j 10  j 11 −1

PUCCH formats 1a/1b perform time domain spreading using an orthogonalspreading code (e.g. Walsh-Hadamard or DFT code) w₀, w₁, w₂, w₃ inaddition to cyclic shift α_(cs,x) in the frequency domain. In the caseof PUCCH formats 1a/1b, a larger number of UEs can be multiplexed on thesame PUCCH RB because code multiplexing is used in both frequency andtime domains.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of determining PUCCH resources forACK/NACK. In LTE(-A), a plurality of PUCCH resources for ACK/NACK areshared by a plurality of UEs in a cell every time the UEs need the PUCCHresources rather than allocated to UEs in advance. Specifically, a PUCCHresource used by a UE to transmit an ACK/NACK signal corresponds to aPDCCH on which scheduling information on DL data involving the ACK/NACKsignal is delivered or a PDCCH that indicates SPS release. A PDCCHtransmitted in a DL subframe to the UE is composed of a plurality ofcontrol channel elements (CCEs). The UE can transmit ACK/NACK through aPUCCH resource corresponding to a specific one (e.g. first CCE) of theCCEs constituting the received PDCCH.

Referring to FIG. 6, each block in a Downlink Component Carrier (DL CC)represents a CCE and each block in an Uplink Component Carrier (UL CC)indicates a PUCCH resource. Each PUCCH index corresponds to a PUCCHresource for an ACK/NACK signal. If information on a PDSCH is deliveredon a PDCCH composed of CCEs #4, #5 and #6, as shown in FIG. 6, a UEtransmits an ACK/NACK signal on PUCCH #4 corresponding to CCE #4, thefirst CCE of the PDCCH.

Specifically, a PUCCH resource index in LTE(-A) is determined asfollows.n ⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH) =n _(CCE) +N ⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH)  [Equation 1]

Here, n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH) represents a resource index of PUCCH format 1a/1bfor ACK/NACK/DTX transmission, N⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH) denotes a signaling valuereceived from a higher layer, and n_(CCE) denotes the smallest value ofCCE indexes used for PDCCH transmission. A cyclic shift, an orthogonalspreading code and a Physical Resource Block (PRB) for PUCCH formats1a/1b are obtained from n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH).

Since an LTE UE cannot simultaneously transmit a PUCCH and a PUSCH, UCI(e.g. CQI/PMI, HARQ-ACK, RI, etc.) is multiplexed to a PUSCH region(PUSCH piggyback) when the UCI needs to be transmitted through asubframe in which a PUSCH is transmitted. An LTE-A UE may also beconfigured such that the UE cannot simultaneously transmit a PUCCH and aPUSCH. In this case, the UE can multiplex UCI (e.g. CQI/PMI, HARQ-ACK,RI, etc.) to a PUSCH region (PUSCH piggyback) when the UCI needs to betransmitted through a subframe in which a PUSCH is transmitted.

FIG. 7 illustrates a TDD UL ACK/NACK transmission process in a singlecell situation.

Referring to FIG. 7, a UE can receive one or more DL signals (e.g. PDSCHsignals) in M DL subframes (SFs) (S502_0 to S502_M−1). Each PDSCH signalis used to transmit one or more (e.g. 2) transport blocks (TBs) (orcodewords) according to transmission mode. A PDCCH signal requiring anACK/NACK response, for example, a PDCCH signal indicating SPS(semi-persistent scheduling) release (simply, SPS release PDCCH signal)may also be received in step S502_0 to S502_M−1, which is not shown.When a PDSCH signal and/or an SPS release PDCCH signal are present inthe M DL subframes, the UE transmits ACK/NACK through a UL subframecorresponding to the M DL subframes via processes for transmittingACK/NACK (e.g. ACK/NACK (payload) generation, ACK/NACK resourceallocation, etc.) (S504). ACK/NACK includes acknowledgement informationabout the PDSCH signal and/or an SPS release PDCCH received in stepS502_0 to S502_M−1. While ACK/NACK is transmitted through a PUCCHbasically (refer to FIGS. 5 and 6), ACK/NACK can be transmitted througha PUSCH when a PUSCH is transmitted at ACK/NACK transmission time.Various PUCCH formats shown in Table 3 can be used for ACK/NACKtransmission. To reduce the number of transmitted ACK/NACK bits, variousmethods such as ACK/NACK bundling and ACK/NACK channel selection can beused.

As described above, in TDD, ACK/NACK relating to data received in the MDL subframes is transmitted through one UL subframe (i.e. M DL SF(s):1UL SF) and the relationship therebetween is determined by a DASI(Downlink Association Set Index).

Table 5 shows DASI (K: {k0, k1, . . . , k_(M−1)}) defined in LTE(-A).Table 5 shows spacing between a UL subframe transmitting ACK/NACK and aDL subframe relating to the UL subframe. Specifically, when a PDCCH thatindicates PDSCH transmission and/or (downlink) SPS release is present ina subframe n-k (kεK), the UE transmits ACK/NACK in a subframe n.

TABLE 5 UL-DL Subframe n Configuration 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 — — 6 — 4 —— 6 — 4 1 — — 7, 6 4 — — — 7, 6 4 — 2 — — 8, 7, 4, 6 — — — — 8, 7, 4, 6— — 3 — — 7, 6, 11 6, 5 5, 4 — — — — — 4 — — 12, 8, 7, 11 6, 5, 4, 7 — —— — — — 5 — — 13, 12, 9, 8, 7, 5, 4, — — — — — — — 11, 6 6 — — 7 7 5 — —7 7 —

In TDD operation, the UE needs to transmit an ACK/NACK signal for one ormore DL signals (e.g. PDSCH) received through m DL SFs through one ULSF. Transmission of ACKs/NACKs for a plurality of DL SFs through one ULSF is performed according to the following methods.

1) ACK/NACK bundling: ACK/NACK bits for a plurality of data units (e.g.PDSCH, SPS release PDCCH, etc.) are combined according to a logicaloperation (e.g. logical AND operation). For example, upon successfuldecoding of all data units, a receiver (e.g. UE) transmits ACK signals.If any of data units has not been decoded (detected), the receiver doesnot transmit a NACK signal or no signal.

2) Channel selection: Upon reception of a plurality of data units (e.g.PDSCH, SPS release PDCCH, etc.), a UE occupies a plurality of PUCCHresources for ACK/NACK transmission. ACK/NACK responses to the pluralityof data units are discriminated according to combinations of PUCCHresources used for ACK/NACK transmission and transmitted ACK/NACKinformation (e.g. bit values, QPSK symbol values). Channel selection isalso called ACK/NACK selection and PUCCH selection.

Channel selection will now be described in more detail. According tochannel selection, the UE occupies a plurality of uplink physicalchannel resources (e.g. PUCCH resources) in order to transmitmultiplexed ACK/NACK signals when a plurality of downlink data isreceived. For example, upon reception of a plurality of PDSCHs, the UEcan occupy as many PUCCH resources as the number of PDSCHs using aspecific CCE of a PDCCH that indicates each PDSCH. In this case, the UEcan transmit ACK/NACK signals multiplexed using a combination ofinformation about a PUCCH selected from the occupied PUCCH resources andinformation about a modulation/coding scheme applied to the selectedPUCCH resource.

Table 6 shows a mapping table for channel selection, defined in LTE.

TABLE 6 HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), Subframe HARQ-ACK(2), HARQ-ACK(3) n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH, i) b(0), b(1) ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 1) 1, 1 ACK,ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 1) 1, 0 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK, DTXn⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 2) 1, 1 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 1) 1, 0NACK, DTX, DTX, DTX n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 0) 1, 0 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTXn⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 3) 0, 1NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 3) 1, 1 NACK ACK, NACK/DTX,ACK, NACK/DTX n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 2) 0, 1 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH, 0) 0, 1 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 0) 1, 1NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, ACK n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 3) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK, DTX, DTXn⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 1) 0, 0 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 2) 1, 0NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 3) 1, 0 NACK/DTX, ACK,NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACKn⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 3) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 2)0, 0 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH, 3) 0, 0 DTX, DTX,DTX, DTX N/A N/A

In Table 6, HARQ-ACK(i) indicates a HARQ ACK/NACK/DTX response of ani-th data unit (0≦i≦3). The HARQ ACK/NACK/DTX response includes ACK,NACK, DTX and NACK/DTX. NACK/DTX represents NACK or DTX. ACK and NACKrepresent whether a TB (equivalent to a CW) transmitted through a PDSCHhas been successfully decoded or not. DTX (Discontinuous Transmission)represents that a PDCCH has not been successfully detected. Maximum 4PUCCH resources (i.e., n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0) to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,3)) can beoccupied for each data unit. The multiplexed ACK/NACK signal istransmitted through one PUCCH resource selected from the occupied PUCCHresources. In Table 6, n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,i) represents a PUCCH resourceactually used for ACK/NACK transmission, and b(0)b(1) indicates two bitstransmitted through the selected PUCCH resource, which are modulatedusing QPSK. For example, when the UE has decoded 4 data unitssuccessfully, the UE transmits bits (1, 1) to a BS through a PUCCHresource linked with n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1). Since combinations of PUCCHresources and QPSK symbols cannot represent all available ACK/NACKsuppositions, NACK and DTX are coupled except in some cases (NACK/DTX,N/D).

FIG. 8 illustrates a carrier aggregation (CA) communication system. Touse a wider frequency band, an LTE-A system employs CA (or bandwidthaggregation) technology which aggregates a plurality of UL/DL frequencyblocks to obtain a wider UL/DL bandwidth. Each frequency block istransmitted using a component carrier (CC). The CC can be regarded as acarrier frequency (or center carrier, center frequency) for thefrequency block.

Referring to FIG. 8, a plurality of UL/DL CCs can be aggregated tosupport a wider UL/DL bandwidth. The CCs may be contiguous ornon-contiguous in the frequency domain. Bandwidths of the CCs can beindependently determined. Asymmetrical CA in which the number of UL CCsis different from the number of DL CCs can be implemented. For example,when there are two DL CCs and one UL CC, the DL CCs can correspond tothe UL CC in the ratio of 2:1. A DL CC/UL CC link can be fixed orsemi-statically configured in the system. Even if the system bandwidthis configured with N CCs, a frequency band that a specific UE canmonitor/receive can be limited to L (<N) CCs. Various parameters withrespect to CA can be set cell-specifically, UE-group-specifically, orUE-specifically. Control information may be transmitted/received onlythrough a specific CC. This specific CC can be referred to as a PrimaryCC (PCC) (or anchor CC) and other CCs can be referred to as SecondaryCCs (SCCs).

In LTE-A, the concept of a cell is used to manage radio resources [referto 36.300 V10.2.0 (2010-12) 5.5. Carrier Aggregation; 7.5. CarrierAggregation]. A cell is defined as a combination of downlink resourcesand uplink resources. Yet, the uplink resources are not mandatory.Therefore, a cell may be composed of downlink resources only or bothdownlink resources and uplink resources. The linkage between the carrierfrequencies (or DL CCs) of downlink resources and the carrierfrequencies (or UL CCs) of uplink resources may be indicated by systeminformation. A cell operating in primary frequency resources (or a PCC)may be referred to as a primary cell (PCell) and a cell operating insecondary frequency resources (or an SCC) may be referred to as asecondary cell (SCell). The PCell is used for a UE to establish aninitial connection or re-establish a connection. The PCell may refer toa cell indicated during handover. The SCell may be configured after anRRC connection is established and may be used to provide additionalradio resources. The PCell and the SCell may collectively be referred toas a serving cell. Accordingly, a single serving cell composed of aPCell only exists for a UE in an RRC_Connected state, for which CA isnot set or which does not support CA. On the other hand, one or moreserving cells exist, including a PCell and entire SCells, for a UE in anRRC_CONNECTED state, for which CA is set. For CA, a network mayconfigure one or more SCells in addition to an initially configuredPCell, for a UE supporting CA during connection setup after an initialsecurity activation operation is initiated.

When cross-carrier scheduling (or cross-CC scheduling) is applied, aPDCCH for downlink allocation can be transmitted on DL CC #0 and a PDSCHcorresponding thereto can be transmitted on DL CC #2. For cross-CCscheduling, introduction of a carrier indicator field (CIF) can beconsidered. Presence or absence of the CIF in a PDCCH can be determinedby higher layer signaling (e.g. RRC signaling) semi-statically andUE-specifically (or UE group-specifically). The baseline of PDCCHtransmission is summarized as follows.

-   -   CIF disabled: a PDCCH on a DL CC is used to allocate a PDSCH        resource on the same DL CC or a PUSCH resource on a linked UL        CC.    -   CIF enabled: a PDCCH on a DL CC can be used to allocate a PDSCH        or PUSCH resource on a specific DL/UL CC from among a plurality        of aggregated DL/UL CCs using the CIF.

When the CIF is present, the BS can allocate a PDCCH monitoring DL CC toreduce BD complexity of the UE. The PDCCH monitoring DL CC set includesone or more DL CCs as parts of aggregated DL CCs and the UEdetects/decodes a PDCCH only on the corresponding DL CCs. That is, whenthe BS schedules a PDSCH/PUSCH for the UE, a PDCCH is transmitted onlythrough the PDCCH monitoring DL CC set. The PDCCH monitoring DL CC setcan be set in a UE-specific, UE-group-specific or cell-specific manner.The term “PDCCH monitoring DL CC” can be replaced by the terms such as“monitoring carrier” and “monitoring cell”. The term “CC” aggregated forthe UE can be replaced by the terms such as “serving CC”, “servingcarrier” and “serving cell”.

FIG. 9 illustrates scheduling when a plurality of carriers isaggregated. It is assumed that 3 DL CCs are aggregated and DL CC A isset to a PDCCH CC. DL CC A, DL CC B and DL CC C can be called servingCCs, serving carriers, serving cells, etc. In case of CIF (CarrierIndicator Field) disabled, a DL CC can transmit only a PDCCH thatschedules a PDSCH corresponding to the DL CC without a CIF (non-cross-CCscheduling). When the CIF is enabled according to UE-specific (orUE-group-specific or cell-specific) higher layer signaling, a specificCC (e.g. DL CC A) can transmit not only a PDCCH that schedules the PDSCHcorresponding to the DL CC A but also PDCCHs that schedule PDSCHs ofother DL CCs using the CIF (cross-CC scheduling). A PDCCH is nottransmitted in DL CC B/C.

A description will be given of a case in which channel selection usingPUCCH format 1b is set for HARQ-ACK transmission in case of TDD CA. Itis assumed that 2 serving cells (i.e. PCell and SCell or PCC and SCC)having the same TDD UL-DL configuration are aggregated in LTE-A.

A channel selection scheme using PUCCH format 1b when M≦2 in a ULsubframe n for HARQ-ACK transmission will first be described. Here, Mdenotes the number of (i.e. the number of DL SFs corresponding to ULSFs) of elements of set K described above with reference to Table 5.When M≦2 in the UL subframe n, a UE can transmit b(0)b(1) on a PUCCHresource selected from A PUCCH resources n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,i) (0≦i≦A−1 andA⊂{2,3,4}). Specifically, the UE transmits an A/N signal in the ULsubframe n using PUCCH format 1b according to Table 7, 8 and 9. When M=1in the UL subframe n, HARQ-ACK(j) denotes an A/N response to a TB or anSPS release PDCCH, which is related to a serving cell c. Here, when M=1,a TB, HARQ-ACK(j) and A PUCCH resources can be given according to Table10. When M=2 in the UL subframe n, HARQ-ACK(j) denotes an A/N responseto a TB or an SPS release PDCCH in DL subframe(s) provided by set K ineach serving cell. Here, M=2, subframes and A PUCCH resources in eachserving cell for HARQ-ACK(j) can be given according to Table 11.

Table 7 is a mapping table for channel selection, defined in LTE-A when2 CCs having the same UL-DL configuration are aggregated, M=1 and A=2.

TABLE 7 HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1) n_(PUCCH) ⁽¹⁾ b(0)b(1) ACK, ACKn_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACKn_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 NACK, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTXNo Transmission

Here, an implicit PUCCH resource linked to a PDCCH (i.e. PCC-PDCCH) thatschedules a PCC (or PCell) can be allocated to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0), and animplicit PUCCH resource linked to a PDCCH (i.e. SCC-PDCCH) thatschedules an SCC or an explicit PUCCH resource reserved by RRC can beallocated to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1) according to whether cross-CC scheduling isapplied. For example, when cross-CC scheduling is applied, an implicitPUCCH resource linked to the PCC-PDCCH and an implicit PUCCH resourcelinked to the SCC-PDCCH can be respectively allocated to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0)and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1).

Table 8 is a mapping table for channel selection, defined in LTE-A when2 CCs having the same UL-DL configuration are aggregated, M=1 and A=3.

TABLE 8 HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) n_(PUCCH) ⁽¹⁾ b(0)b(1)ACK, ACK, ACK n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTXn_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 NACK/DTX,ACK, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK n_(PUCCH, 2)⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 NACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX,NACK/DTX No Transmission

Here, when the PCC is a MIMO CC and the SCC is a non-MIMO CC, animplicit PUCCH resource linked to the PCC-PDCCH can be allocated to n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH,0) and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1), and an implicit PUCCH resource linked tothe SCC-PDCCH or an explicit PUCCH resource reserved by RRC can beallocated to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,2) according to whether cross-CC scheduling isapplied. If the PCC is a non-MIMO CC and the SCC is a MIMO CC, animplicit PUCCH resource linked to the PCC-PDCCH can be allocated to n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH,0), and an implicit PUCCH resource linked to the SCC-PDCCH or anexplicit PUCCH resource reserved by RRC can be allocated to n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH,1) and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,2) according to whether cross-CC schedulingis applied.

Table 9 is a mapping table for channel selection, defined in LTE-A when2 CCs having the same UL-DL configuration are aggregated, M≦2 and A=4.

TABLE 9 HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2), HARQ-ACK(3) n_(PUCCH) ⁽¹⁾b(0)b(1) ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 ACK, ACK, ACK,NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾1, 0 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX,ACK, ACK n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 2)⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 ACK,NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK,ACK n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾0, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 NACK/DTX, ACK,NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACKn_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾0, 0 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 NACK,NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX,NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX No Transmission

Here, an implicit PUCCH resource linked to the PDCCH (i.e. PCC-PDCCH)that schedules the PCC (or PCell) can be allocated to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0)and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1) irrespective of whether cross-CC scheduling isapplied, and an implicit PUCCH resource linked to the PDCCH (i.e.SCC-PDCCH) that schedules the SCC or an explicit PUCCH resource reservedby RRC can be allocated to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,2) and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,3) accordingto whether cross-CC scheduling is applied. For example, when cross-CCscheduling is applied and M=2, implicit PUCCH resources linked toPCC-PDCCHs corresponding to first and second DL SFs can be allocated ton⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0) and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1) and implicit PUCCH resources linkedto SCC-PDCCHs corresponding to the first and second DL SFs can beallocated to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,2) and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,3).

Table 10 shows TBs, HARQ-ACK(j) and PUCCH resources when M=1.

TABLE 10 HARQ-ACK(j) A HARQ-ACK(0) HARQ-ACK(1) HARQ-ACK(2) HARQ-ACK(3) 2TB1 Primary cell TB1 Secondary cell NA NA 3 TB1 Primary cell TB1Secondary cell TB2 Secondary cell NA 3 TB1 Primary cell TB2 Primary cellTB1 Secondary cell NA 4 TB1 Primary cell TB2 Primary cell TB1 Secondarycell TB2 Secondary cell * TB: transport block, NA: not available

Table 11 shows TBs, HARQ-ACK(j) and PUCCH resources when M=2.

TABLE 11 HARQ-ACK(j) A HARQ-ACK(0) HARQ-ACK(1) HARQ-ACK(2) HARQ-ACK(3) 4The first subframe The second subframe The first subframe The secondsubframe of Primary cell of Primary cell of Secondary cell of Secondarycell

A channel selection scheme using PUCCH format 1b when M>2 in the ULsubframe n for HARQ-ACK transmission will now be described first. Thischannel selection scheme is similar to the channel selection scheme incase of M≦2. Specifically, the UE transmits an A/N signal using PUCCHformat 1b in the UL subframe n according to Tables 12 and 13. When M>2in the UL subframe n, n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0) and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1) are related toDL transmission (e.g. PDSCH transmission) on the PCell and n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH,2) and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,3) are related to DL transmission (e.g.PDSCH transmission) on the SCell.

HARQ-ACK(i) for an arbitrary cell denotes an A/N response to a PDCCH(PDSCH corresponding thereto) on which DAI-c that schedules the cell isi+1. When a PDSCH w/o PDCCH is present, HARQ-ACK(0) may refer to an A/Nresponse to the PDSCH w/o PDCCH and HARQ-ACK(1) may refer to an A/Nresponse to a PDCCH (PDSCH corresponding thereto) on which DAI-c is i.

Table 12 is a mapping table for channel selection, defined in LTE-A when2 CCs having the same UL-DL configuration are aggregated and M=3.

TABLE 12 Primary Cell Secondary Cell RM Code HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(0),Input Bits HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(1), Resource Constellation o(0), o(1),HARQ-ACK(2) HARQ-ACK(2) n_(PUCCH) ⁽¹⁾ b(0), b(1) o(2), o(3) ACK, ACK,ACK ACK, ACK, ACK n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 1, 1, 1, 1 ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK,ACK n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 1, 0, 1, 1 NACK/DTX ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK,ACK n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 0, 1, 1, 1 any NACK/DTX, any, ACK, ACK, ACKn_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 0, 0, 1, 1 any ACK, ACK, ACK ACK, ACK,n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 1, 1, 1, 0 NACK/DTX ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK,n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 1, 0, 1, 0 NACK/DTX NACK/DTX ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK,ACK, n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 0, 1, 1, 0 any NACK/DTX NACK/DTX, any, ACK,ACK, n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 1, 0 any NACK/DTX ACK, ACK, ACK ACK,NACK/DTX, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 1, 1, 0, 1 any ACK, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX,n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 1, 0, 0, 1 NACK/DTX any ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK,NACK/DTX, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 0, 1, 0, 1 any any NACK/DTX, any, ACK,NACK/DTX, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 1 any any ACK, ACK, ACKNACK/DTX, any, n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 1, 1, 0, 0 any ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX,any, n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 1, 0, 0, 0 NACK/DTX any ACK, NACK/DTX,NACK/DTX, any, n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 0, 1, 0, 0 any any NACK, any, anyNACK/DTX, any, n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 0 any DTX, any, anyNACK/DTX, any, No Transmission 0, 0, 0, 0 any

Here, an implicit PUCCH resource linked to the PDCCH (i.e. PCC-PDCCH)that schedules the PCC (or PCell) can be allocated to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0)and/or n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1) irrespective of whether cross-CC scheduling isapplied, and an implicit PUCCH resource linked to the PDCCH (i.e.SCC-PDCCH) that schedules the SCC or an explicit PUCCH resource reservedby RRC can be allocated to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,2) and/or n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,3)according to whether cross-CC scheduling is applied. For example,implicit PUCCH resources linked to PCC-PDCCHs respectively correspondingto DAI-c of 1 and DAI-c of 2 can be respectively allocated to n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH,0) and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1) and implicit PUCCH resources linked toSCC-PDCCHs respectively corresponding to DAI-c of 1 and DAI-c of 2 canbe respectively allocated to n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,2) and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,3) in aTDD situation.

Table 13 is a mapping table for channel selection, defined in LTE-A when2 CCs having the same UL-DL configuration are aggregated and M=4.

TABLE 13 Primary Cell Secondary Cell HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(0), RM CodeHARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(1), Input Bits HARQ-ACK(2), HARQ-ACK(2), ResourceConstellation o(0), o(1), HARQ-ACK(3) HARQ-ACK(3) n_(PUCCH) ⁽¹⁾ b(0),b(1) o(2), o(3) ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 1,1, 1, 1 NACK/DTX NACK/DTX ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 01, 0, 1, 1 NACK/DTX, any NACK/DTX ACK, DTX, DTX, ACK, ACK, ACK,n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 0, 1, 1, 1 DTX NACK/DTX ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK,ACK, n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 0, 1, 1, 1 ACK NACK/DTX NACK/DTX, any, ACK,ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 0, 0, 1, 1 any, any NACK/DTX (ACK,NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 0, 0, 1, 1 any, any),NACK/DTX except for (ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX) ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK,n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 1, 1, 1, 0 NACK/DTX NACK/DTX, any ACK, ACK, ACK,ACK, n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 1, 0, 1, 0 NACK/DTX, any NACK/DTX, any ACK,DTX, DTX, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 0, 1, 1, 0 DTX NACK/DTX, anyACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 0, 1, 1, 0 ACK NACK/DTX,any NACK/DTX, any, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 1, 0 any, anyNACK/DTX, any (ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 3) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 1, 0any, any), NACK/DTX, any except for (ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX) ACK, ACK, ACK,ACK, DTX, DTX, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 1, 1, 0, 1 NACK/DTX DTX ACK, ACK,ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 1, 1, 0, 1 NACK/DTX ACK ACK,ACK, ACK, DTX, DTX, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 1, 0, 0, 1 NACK/DTX, any DTXACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 1, 0, 0, 1 NACK/DTX, anyACK ACK, DTX, DTX, ACK, DTX, DTX, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 0, 1, 0, 1 DTXDTX ACK, DTX, DTX, ACK, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 0, 1, 0, 1 DTXACK ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, DTX, DTX, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 0, 1, 0, 1 ACKDTX ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 0, 1, 0, 1 ACKACK NACK/DTX, any, ACK, DTX, DTX, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 1 any,any DTX NACK/DTX, any, ACK, ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 1any, any ACK (ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, DTX, DTX, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0,0, 1 any, any), DTX except for (ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX) (ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK,ACK, ACK, n_(PUCCH, 2) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 1 any, any), ACK except for(ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX) ACK, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, any, n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 01, 1, 0, 0 NACK/DTX any, any ACK, ACK, ACK, (ACK, NACK/DTX, n_(PUCCH, 1)⁽¹⁾ 1, 0 1, 1, 0, 0 NACK/DTX any, any), except for (ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX)ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, any, n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 1, 0, 0, 0 NACK/DTX, anyany, any ACK, ACK, (ACK, NACK/DTX, n_(PUCCH, 1) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 1 1, 0, 0, 0NACK/DTX, any any, any), except for (ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX) ACK, DTX, DTX,NACK/DTX, any, n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 0, 1, 0, 0 DTX any, any ACK, DTX,DTX, (ACK, NACK/DTX, n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 0, 1, 0, 0 DTX any, any),except for (ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX) ACK, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, any,n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 0, 1, 0, 0 ACK any, any ACK, ACK, ACK, (ACK,NACK/DTX, n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 1, 1 0, 1, 0, 0 ACK any, any), except for(ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX) NACK, any, any, NACK/DTX, any, n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0,0 0, 0, 0, 0 any any, any NACK, any, any, (ACK, NACK/DTX, n_(PUCCH, 0)⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 0 any any, any), except for (ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX) (ACK,NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, any, n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 0 any, any),except any, any for (ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX) (ACK, NACK/DTX, (ACK, NACK/DTX,n_(PUCCH, 0) ⁽¹⁾ 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 0 any, any), except any, any), except for(ACK, DTX, for (ACK, DTX, DTX, DTX) DTX, DTX) DTX, any, any, NACK/DTX,any, No Transmission 0, 0, 0, 0 any any, any DTX, any, any, (ACK,NACK/DTX, No Transmission 0, 0, 0, 0 any any, any), except for (ACK,DTX, DTX, DTX)

Here, n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0), n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1), n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,2) and n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH,3) can be allocated as shown in Table 12.

FIG. 10 illustrates an A/N transmission process in TDD CA. The A/Ntransmission process is based on the assumption that 2 CCs (e.g. PCC andSCC) having the same UL-DL configuration are aggregated.

Referring to FIG. 10, a UE generates HARQ-ACK of a first set for thefirst CC (or cell) and HARQ-ACK of a second set for the second CC (orcell) (S1302). Then, the UE checks whether a PUSCH is allocated to asubframe (referred to as A/N subframe hereinafter) for A/N transmission(S1304). When a PUSCH is not allocated to the A/N subframe, the UEtransmits A/N information through PUCCH format 1b and channel selection(refer to Tables 7 to 13). When a PUSCH is allocated to the A/Nsubframe, the UE multiplexes A/N bits to the PUSCH. Specifically, the UEgenerates an A/N bit sequence (e.g. o(0), o(1), o(2), o(3) in Tables 12and 13) corresponding to HARQ-ACK of the first set and HARQ-ACK of thesecond set (S1308). The A/N bit sequence is subjected to channel coding(S170) and channel interleaving (S190) and then transmitted through thePUSCH (S1310). Channel coding includes RM (Reed-Muller) coding,Tail-biting convolutional coding, etc.

Embodiment: A/N Channel Selection for TDD CA

A beyond LTE-A system based on TDD may consider aggregation of aplurality of CCs in different UL-DL configurations. In this case,different A/N timings (i.e. UL SF timing at which A/N with respect to DLdata transmitted through each DL SF is transmitted) may be set to a PCCand an SCC according to UL-DL configurations of the corresponding CCs.For example, UL SF timing at which A/N is transmitted for the same DL SFtiming (DL data transmitted at the DL SF timing) can be set differentlyfor the PCC and SCC, and a DL SF group for which A/N feedback istransmitted at the same UL SF timing can be set differently for the PCCand the SCC. Furthermore, link directions (i.e. DL or UL) of the PCC andthe SCC may be set differently for the same SF timing. For example, theSCC can be set as UL SF at specific SF timing, whereas the PCC can beset as DL SF at the same SF timing.

In addition, the beyond LTE-A system based on TDD may support cross-CCscheduling in CA based on different TDD UL-DL configurations (referredto as different TDD CA for convenience). In this case, different ULgrant timings (DL SF timing at which a UL grant that schedules ULtransmission is transmitted) and different PHICH timings (DL SF timingat which a PHICH corresponding to UL data is transmitted) may be set toan MCC (monitoring CC) and an SCC. For example, a DL SF in which a ULgrant/PHICH is transmitted can be set differently for the same UL SF.Furthermore, a UL SF group for which a UL grant or PHICH feedback istransmitted in the same DL SF can be set differently for the MCC and theSCC. In this case, link directions of the MCC and the SCC may be setdifferently for the same SF timing. For example, specific SF timing canbe set to a DL SF in which a UL grant/PHICH will be transmitted in caseof the SCC, whereas the SF timing can be set to a UL SF in case of theMCC.

When SF timing (referred to as collided SF hereinafter) at which linkdirections of the PCC and SCC are different from each other due todifferent TDD CA configuration is present, only a CC from the PCC andSCC, which has a specific link direction or has the same link directionas that of a specific CC (e.g. PCC), can be handled at the SF timing dueto hardware configuration of the UE or for other reasons/purposes. Thisscheme is called HD (Half-Duplex)-TDD CA for convenience. For example,when SF collision occurs because specific SF timing is set to a DL SF incase of PCC and the SF timing is set to a UL SF in case of SF, only aPCC (i.e. DL SF set to the PCC) corresponding to DL is handled and anSCC (i.e. UL SF set to the SCC) corresponding to UL is not handled atthe SF timing (and vice versa). In this situation, to transmit A/Nfeedback for DL data transmitted through DL SFs of all CCs through aPCC, identical or different (set to a specific UL-DL configuration) A/Ntimings may be applied to CCs, or A/N timing set to a specific UL-DLconfiguration may be commonly applied to all CCs. Here, the specificUL-DL configuration (referred to as a reference configuration (Ref-Cfg))commonly applied to all CCs can corresponds to a UL-DL configuration setto a PCC or SCC or can be determined as a UL-DL configuration other thanthe UL-DL configuration set to the PCC or SCC.

In case of HD-TDD CA, the number of DL SFs (referred to as A/N-DL SFs)for which A/N feedback is transmitted at one UL SF timing may be setdifferently for the PCC and SCC. In other words, when the number of DLSFs (A/N-DL SFs) corresponding to one UL SF is defined as M, M can beset differently/independently for CCs (M for each CC: Mc) for one PCC ULSF. When Ref-Cfg of a specific XCC (e.g. PCC or SCC) does not correspondto the UL-DL configuration (i.e. PCC-Cfg) of the PCC, an A/N-DL SF indexof the XCC, set to PCC UL SF timing, may be different from an A/N-DL SFindex when A/N timing of the PCC-Cfg is applied. Particularly, when aPUCCH resource linked to a CCE resource of a PDCCH that schedules DLdata is called an implicit PUCCH, an implicit PUCCH may not be defined(in a PCC UL SF in which A/N with respect to an XCC DL SF will betransmitted) for the XCC DL SF (PDCCH that schedules DL data to betransmitted through the XCC DL SF) even in a cross-CC schedulingsituation.

FIG. 11 illustrates an HD-TDD CA structure. In the figure, shaded partsX show CCs that are restricted from being used in a collided SF and adotted-line arrow represents a DL SF corresponding to an implicit PUCCHthat is not linked to a PCC UL SF.

In the meantime, a method of permitting simultaneous UL/DL transmissionand reception in a collided SF in which link directions of a PCC and anSCC are different from each other can be considered. This method iscalled FD (Full Duplex)-TDD CA for convenience. In case of FD-TDD CA, itis also possible to apply the same or different A/N timings (set toRef-Cfg) to CCs or commonly apply A/N timing set to Ref-Cfg to all CCsin order to transmit A/N feedbacks for DL SFs of all CCs through one PCCUL SF. Ref-Cfg may be identical to PCC-Cfg or SCC-Cfg or may be set as aUL-DL Cfg other than PCC-Cfg and SCC-Cfg. In an FD-TDD CA structure, Mcan also be set differently/independently for CCs for one PCC UL SF andan implicit PUCCH may not be defined for an XCC DL SF (for a PCC UL SFmatched to the corresponding SF) even in a cross-CC schedulingsituation. FIG. 12 illustrates an FD-TDD CA structure. In FIG. 12,dotted-line arrows represent DL SFs corresponding to an implicit PUCCHthat is not linked to the PCC UL SF.

A description will be given of an A/N state mapping and operating methodfor channel selection based A/N transmission when a plurality of CCs(having different TDD UL-DL configurations) is aggregated. To aid inunderstanding the present invention, the following description is basedon the assumption that 2 CCs (i.e. a PCC and an SCC) are aggregated. Inthis case, the number of A/N-DL SFs (refer to the number of elements ofset K in Table 5) of CC1 (e.g. PCC or SCC) and CC2 (e.g. SCC or PCC) setto PCC UL SF n are respectively set to M1 and M2. Here, M1 and M2 may beset to different values by applying different TDD UL-DL configurationsand/or Ref-Cfgs. In the following description, A denotes ACK, N denotesNACK, and D denotes data non-reception or PDCCH non-reception (i.e.DTX). D/N denotes NACK or DTX and “any” represents ACK, NACK or DTX. Amaximum number of TBs that can be transmitted through a CC is defined asNtb. Furthermore, DL data (e.g. PDSCH transmitted through SPS)transmitted without a PDCCH is called DL data w/o PDCCH for convenience.DL data may refer to a PDCCH/PDSCH that requires ACK/NACK feedback andmay include a PDCCH that indicates SPS release. In addition, a DL SF caninclude a special SF as well as a normal DL SF.

Prior to description of the present invention, the conventional TDD CAchannel selection scheme will now be described. As described above withreference to FIGS. 7 to 13, LTE-A can employ channel selection for A/Ntransmission when 2 CCs (e.g. a PCC and an SCC) having the same TDDUL-DL configuration are aggregated. Specifically, LTE-A considers A/Nstate mapping for each CC when M=1, 2, 3, 4 as follows.

-   -   M=1    -   When Ntb=1, ACK-rsp (1) is an A/N response to a corresponding        TB.

TABLE 14 ACK-rsp(1) A N/D

-   -   When Ntb=2, ACK-rsp (i) is an A/N response to an i-th TB.

TABLE 15 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2) A, A N/D, A A, N/D N/D, N/D

-   -   M=2    -   ACK-rsp (i) is an A/N response to DL data transmitted through an        i-th DL SF.

TABLE 16 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2) A, A N/D, A A, N/D N/D, N/D

-   -   M=3    -   Case in which DL data w/o PDCCH is not present

ACK-rsp (i) is an A/N response to DL data corresponding to a PDCCH withDAI=i.

-   -   Case in which DL data w/o PDCCH is present

ACK-rsp (1) is an A/N response to DL data w/o PDCCH and ACK-rsp(i+1) isan A/N response to DL data corresponding to PDCCH with DAI=i.

TABLE 17 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) Ref-state A, A, A A, A A, A,N/D N/D, A A, N/D, any A, N/D N/D, any, any N/D, N/D

-   -   M=4    -   Case in which DL data w/o PDCCH is not present

ACK-rsp (i) is an A/N response to DL data corresponding to a PDCCH withDAI=i.

-   -   Case in which DL data w/o PDCCH is present

ACK-rsp (1) is an A/N response to DL data w/o PDCCH and ACK-rsp(i+1) isan A/N response to DL data corresponding to PDCCH with DAI=i.

TABLE 18 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3), ACK-rsp(4) Ref-state A, A,A, N/D A, A A, A, N/D, any N/D, A (A, D, D, D) or (A, A, A, A) A, N/D(N/D, any, any, any) or (A, N/D, any, any), except N/D, N/D for (A, D,D, D)

To map an A/N state for each CC in Tables 14 to 18 to a combination of(PUCCH resource, QPSK symbol), the following method is employedaccording to M (referred to as a basic mapping rule hereinafter).

-   -   M=1    -   When both CCs correspond to Ntb=1    -   HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 7 are respectively replaced        by ACK-rsp(1) of the PCC and ACK-rsp(1) of the SCC.    -   When the PCC corresponds to Ntb=1 and the SCC corresponds to        Ntb=2    -   HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2) of Table 8 are        respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) of the PCC, ACK-rsp(1) and        ACK-rsp(2) of the SCC.    -   When the PCC corresponds to Ntb=2 and the SCC corresponds to        Ntb=1    -   HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2) of Table 8 are        respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) of the PCC,        and ACK-rsp(1) of the SCC.    -   When both CCs correspond to Ntb=2    -   HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9        are respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) of the        PCC, ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) of the SCC.    -   M=2    -   HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9        are respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) of the        PCC, ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) of the SCC.    -   For example, when ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) of the PCC        respectively correspond to A and N/D and ACK-rsp(1) and        ACK-rsp(2) of the SCC respectively correspond to N/D and A, A/N        transmission is performed using a combination of (PUCCH        resource, QPSK symbol), which is selected when HARQ-ACK(0),        HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2), HARQ-ACK(3)=(A, N/D, N/D, A) in Table        9, that is, (n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0), b(0)b(1)=0,1).    -   M=3    -   In case of the PCC, an A/N combination identical to a Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3) corresponding to the Ref-state.    -   In case of the SCC, an A/N combination identical to a Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3) corresponding to the Ref-state.    -   For example, it is assumed that ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3)=(A, A, A)        and Ref-state corresponding thereto is (A, A) in case of the        PCC. Furthermore, it is assumed that ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3)=(A,        N/D, any) and Ref-state corresponding thereto is (A, N/D) in        case of the SCC. In this case, A/N transmission is performed        using a combination of (PUCCH resource, QPSK symbol), which is        selected when HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2),        HARQ-ACK(3)=(A, A, A, N/D) in Table 9, that is, (n⁽¹⁾        _(PUCCH,2), b(0)b(1)=1,1).    -   Final channel selection mapping obtained through the        above-described process corresponds to Table 12.    -   M=4    -   In case of the PCC, an A/N combination identical to a Ref-state        of HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 9 is replaced by        ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4) corresponding to the Ref-state.    -   In case of the SCC, an A/N combination identical to a Ref-state        of HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9 is replaced by        ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4) corresponding to the Ref-state.    -   For example, it is assumed that ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4)=(A, A,        A, any) and Ref-state corresponding thereto is (N/D, A) in case        of the PCC. Furthermore, it is assumed that ACK-rsp(1), (2),        (3), (4)=(N/D, any, any, any) and Ref-state corresponding        thereto is (N/D, N/D) in case of the SCC. In this case, A/N        transmission is performed using a combination of (PUCCH        resource, QPSK symbol), which is selected when HARQ-ACK(0),        HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2), HARQ-ACK(3)=(N/D, A, N/D, N/D) in        Table 9, that is, (n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1), b(0)b(1)=0,1).    -   Final channel selection mapping obtained through the        above-described process corresponds to Table 13.

A description will be given of a method for transmitting A/N informationon uplink according to the present invention when TDD CA is employed andchannel selection for A/N transmission is set. The following two schemescan be considered.

First Scheme

According to an A/N state mapping rule of the first scheme, HARQ-ACK(i)corresponding to an A/N response is generated using a value M of eachCC. That is, CC1 generates HARQ-ACK(i) corresponding to an A/N responseof CC1 on the basis of M1 and CC2 generates HARQ-ACK(i) corresponding toan A/N response of CC2 on the basis of M2 (refer to Tables 14 to 18).Then, HARQ-ACK(i) corresponding to the entire A/N states can begenerated by connecting HARQ-ACK(i) generated for respective CCs (e.g.PCC first, SCC last) with reference to the basic mapping rule, and A/Ntransmission with respect to a corresponding A/N state can be performedusing a (PUCCH resource, QPSK symbol) combination corresponding to thegenerated HARQ-ACK(i). According to the first scheme, it is possible toobtain optimized A/N feedback transmission performance according to Mbecause HARQ-ACK(i) for each CC is generated in consideration of a valueM of each CC. For reference, A/N feedback transmission performanceincreases as the A/N state mapping size decreases (that is, A/N feedbacktransmission performance is better in case of Table 8 rather than Table9 and better in case of Table 7 rather than Table 8). For example, ifM1<M2, better A/N feedback transmission performance can be obtained bygenerating HARQ-ACK(i) corresponding to the A/N response of CC1 on thebasis of M1 instead of M2 (or a value larger than M1, which is commonlyapplied to CC1 and CC2) for CC1.

FIG. 13 illustrates an example of A/N transmission according to thefirst scheme. Although the figure illustrates A/N transmission performedby a UE, it is apparent that a corresponding operation can be carriedout by a BS.

Referring to FIG. 13, the UE aggregates a plurality of CCs (e.g. CC1 andCC2) having different UL-DL configurations (refer to Table 1) (S1302).CC1 may be a PCC and CC2 may be an SCC. However, CC1 and CC2 are notlimited thereto. Then, upon reception of the DL data (e.g. PDSCH, SPSrelease PDCCH or the like), the UE performs a process for transmittingA/N feedback for the DL data. Specifically, the UE can generate a firstHARQ-ACK set based on M1 for CC1 (S1304) and generate a second HARQ-ACKset based on M2 for CC2 (S1306). Here, M1 represents the number of CC1DL SFs (corresponding to the number of elements in set K in Table 5)corresponding to PCC UL SFs (e.g. UL SF n) for A/N transmission.Similarly, M2 represents the number of CC2 DL SFs (corresponding to thenumber of elements in set K in Table 5) corresponding to PCC UL SFs(e.g. UL SF n) for A/N transmission. The UE can transmit informationcorresponding to a third HARQ-ACK set including the first HARQ-ACK setand the second HARQ-ACK set to the BS (S1308). The informationcorresponding to the third HARQ-ACK set can be transmitted through aPUCCH or PUSCH based on channel selection.

Specifically, A/N state mapping for each CC according to an (M1, M2)combination and a (PUCCH resource, QPSK symbol) combinationcorresponding thereto can be determined as follows.

-   -   In case of (M1, M2)=(1, 2)    -   CC1: ACK-rsp(1) is a (spatially bundled) A/N response to DL data        transmitted through CC1.

TABLE 19 ACK-rsp(1) A N/D

-   -   CC2: ACK-rsp(i) is an A/N response to DL data transmitted        through an i-th DL SF of CC2.

TABLE 20 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2) Ref-state A, A A, A N/D, A N/D, A A, N/DA, N/D N/D, N/D N/D, N/D

-   -   In case of CC1=PCC    -   HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2) of Table 8 are        respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) of CC1, ACK-rsp(1) and        ACK-rsp(2) of CC2 and mapped.    -   In case of CC2=PCC    -   HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2) of Table 8 are        respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) of CC2 and        ACK-rsp(1) of CC1 and mapped.    -   When CC1 corresponds to Ntb=2, spatial bundling may not be        applied to CC1.    -   In this case, A/N responses ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) to each TB        of DL data transmitted through CC1 and ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2)        of CC2 are connected according to a rule (e.g. PCC first, SCC        last) and replace HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) and        HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9, and then are mapped.    -   In case of (M1, M2)=(1, 3) [Alt 1]    -   CC1: ACK-rsp(1) is a (spatially bundled) A/N response to DL data        transmitted through CC1.

TABLE 21 ACK-rsp(1) A N/D

-   -   CC2: ACK-rsp(i) is an A/N response to DL data corresponding to        DAI-i (when DL data w/o PDCCH is not present), or ACK-rsp(1) is        an A/N response to DL data w/o PDCCH and ACK-rsp(i+1) is an A/N        response to DL data corresponding to DAI=i (when DL data w/o        PDCCH is present).

TABLE 22 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) Ref-state A, A, A A, A A, A,N/D N/D, A A, N/D, any A, N/D N/D, any, any N/D, N/D

-   -   Here, ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3)=(N, any, any) can correspond to        Ref-state (N, N) or Ref state (N, N/D) and ACK-rsp(1), (2),        (3)=(D, any, any) can correspond to Ref-state (D, D) or        Ref-state (D, N/D).    -   When CC1=PCC    -   In the case of CC1, HARQ-ACK(0) of Table 8 is replaced by        ACK-rsp(1) and mapped.    -   In the case of CC2, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2) of Table 8 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2) and ACK-rsp(3) corresponding        to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   When CC2=PCC    -   In the case of CC1, HARQ-ACK(2) of Table 8 is replaced by        ACK-rsp(1) and mapped.    -   In the case of CC2, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 8 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2) and ACK-rsp(3) corresponding        to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   When CC1 corresponds to Ntb=2, spatial bundling may not be        applied to CC1.    -   In this case, A/N responses ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) to each TB        of DL data transmitted through CC1 and ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2)        and ACK-rsp(3) of CC2 are connected according to the basic        mapping rule and a connection rule (e.g. PCC first, SCC last)        and replace HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) and        HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9, and then are mapped.    -   In case of (M1, M2)=(1, 3) [Alt 2]    -   CC1: ACK-rsp(1) is a (spatially bundled) A/N response to DL data        transmitted through CC1.

TABLE 23 ACK-rsp(1) A N/D

-   -   CC2: ACK-rsp(i) is an A/N response to DL data transmitted        through the i-th DL SF of CC2.

TABLE 24 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) A, A, A A, A, N/D A, N/D, AA, N/D, N/D N/D, A, A N/D, A, N/D N/D, N/D, A N/D, N/D, N/D

-   -   In case of CC1=PCC    -   HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9        are respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) of CC1, ACK-rsp(1),        ACK-rsp(2) and ACK-rsp(3) of CC2 and mapped.    -   In case of CC2=PCC    -   HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9        are respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2) and        ACK-rsp(3) of CC2 and ACK-rsp(1) of CC1 and mapped.    -   In case of (M1, M2)=(1, 4)    -   CC1: ACK-rsp(1) is a (spatially bundled) A/N response to DL data        transmitted through CC1.

TABLE 25 ACK-rsp(1) A N/D

-   -   CC2: ACK-rsp(i) is an A/N response to DL data corresponding to        DAI-i (when DL data w/o PDCCH is not present), or ACK-rsp(1) is        an A/N response to DL data w/o PDCCH and ACK-rsp(i+1) is an A/N        response to DL data corresponding to DAI=i (when DL data w/o        PDCCH is present).

TABLE 26 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3), ACK-rsp(4) Ref-state A, A,A, N/D A, A A, A, N/D, any N/D, A (A, D, D, D) or (A, A, A, A) A, N/D(N/D, any, any, any) or (A, N/D, any, any), N/D, N/D except for (A, D,D, D)

-   -   Here, ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4)=(N, any, any, any) or (A, N/D,        any, any) except for (A, D, D, D) can correspond to Ref-state        (N, N) or Ref state (N, N/D) and ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4)=(D,        any, any, any) can correspond to Ref-state (D, D) or Ref-state        (D, N/D).    -   When CC1=PCC    -   In the case of CC1, HARQ-ACK(0) of Table 9 is replaced by        ACK-rsp(1) and mapped.    -   In the case of CC2, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) and ACK-rsp(4)        corresponding to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   When CC2=PCC    -   In the case of CC1, HARQ-ACK(2) of Table 9 is replaced by        ACK-rsp(1) and mapped.    -   In the case of CC2, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) and ACK-rsp(4)        corresponding to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   When CC1 corresponds to Ntb=2, spatial bundling may not be        applied to CC1.    -   In this case, A/N responses ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) to each TB        of DL data transmitted through CC1 and ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2),        ACK-rsp(3) and ACK-rsp(4) of CC2 are connected according to the        basic mapping rule and a connection rule (e.g. PCC first, SCC        last) and replace HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) and        HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 10, and then are mapped.    -   In case of (M1, M2)=(2, 3)    -   CC1: ACK-rsp(i) is an A/N response to DL data transmitted the        i-th DL SF of CC1.

TABLE 27 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2) A, A N/D, A A, N/D N/D, N/D

-   -   CC2: ACK-rsp(i) is an A/N response to DL data corresponding to        DAI-i (when DL data w/o PDCCH is not present), or ACK-rsp(1) is        an A/N response to DL data w/o PDCCH and ACK-rsp(i+1) is an A/N        response to DL data corresponding to DAI=i (when DL data w/o        PDCCH is present).

TABLE 28 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) Ref-state A, A, A A, A A, A,N/D N/D, A A, N/D, any A, N/D N/D, any, any N/D, N/D

-   -   Here, ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3)=(N, any, any) can correspond to        Ref-state (N, N) or Ref state (N, N/D) and ACK-rsp(1), (2),        (3)=(D, any, any) can correspond to Ref-state (D, D) or        Ref-state (D, N/D).    -   When CC1=PCC    -   In the case of CC1, HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 9 are        respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) and mapped.    -   In the case of CC2, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2) and ACK-rsp(3) corresponding        to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   When CC2=PCC    -   In the case of CC1, HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9 are        respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) and mapped.    -   In the case of CC2, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2) and ACK-rsp(3) corresponding        to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   In case of (M1, M2)=(2, 4)    -   CC1: ACK-rsp(i) is an A/N response to DL data transmitted on the        i-th DL SF of CC1.

TABLE 29 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2) A, A N/D, A A, N/D N/D, N/D

-   -   CC2: ACK-rsp(i) is an A/N response to DL data corresponding to        DAI-i (when DL data w/o PDCCH is not present), or ACK-rsp(1) is        an A/N response to DL data w/o PDCCH and ACK-rsp(i+1) is an A/N        response to DL data corresponding to DAI=i (when DL data w/o        PDCCH is present).

TABLE 30 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3), ACK-rsp(4) Ref-state A, A,A, N/D A, A A, A, N/D, any N/D, A (A, D, D, D) or (A, A, A, A) A, N/D(N/D, any, any, any) or (A, N/D, any, any), except N/D, N/D for (A, D,D, D)

-   -   Here, ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4)=(N, any, any, any) or (A, N/D,        any, any) except for (A, D, D, D) can correspond to Ref-state        (N, N) or Ref state (N, N/D) and ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4)=(D,        any, any, any) can correspond to Ref-state (D, D) or Ref-state        (D, N/D).    -   When CC1=PCC    -   In the case of CC1, HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 9 are        respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) and mapped.    -   In the case of CC2, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) and ACK-rsp(4)        corresponding to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   When CC2=PCC    -   In the case of CC1, HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9 are        respectively replaced by ACK-rsp(1) and ACK-rsp(2) and mapped.    -   In the case of CC2, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) and ACK-rsp(4)        corresponding to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   In case of (M1, M2)=(3, 4)    -   CC1: ACK-rsp(i) is an A/N response to DL data corresponding to        DAI-i (when DL data w/o PDCCH is not present), or ACK-rsp(1) is        an A/N response to DL data w/o PDCCH and ACK-rsp(i+1) is an A/N        response to DL data corresponding to DAI=i (when DL data w/o        PDCCH is present).

TABLE 31 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) Ref-state A, A, A A, A A, A,N/D N/D, A A, N/D, any A, N/D N/D, any, any N/D, N/D

-   -   Here, ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3)=(N, any, any) can correspond to        Ref-state (N, N) or Ref state (N, N/D) and ACK-rsp(1), (2),        (3)=(D, any, any) can correspond to Ref-state (D, D) or        Ref-state (D, N/D).    -   CC2: ACK-rsp(i) is an A/N response to DL data corresponding to        DAI-i (when DL data w/o PDCCH is not present), or ACK-rsp(1) is        an A/N response to DL data w/o PDCCH and ACK-rsp(i+1) is an A/N        response to DL data corresponding to DAI=i (when DL data w/o        PDCCH is present).

TABLE 32 ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3), ACK-rsp(4) Ref-state A, A,A, N/D A, A A, A, N/D, any N/D, A (A, D, D, D) or (A, A, A, A) A, N/D(N/D, any, any, any) or (A, N/D, any, any), except N/D, N/D for (A, D,D, D)

-   -   Here, ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4)=(N, any, any, any) or (A, N/D,        any, any) except for (A, D, D, D) can correspond to Ref-state        (N, N) or Ref state (N, N/D) and ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4)=(D,        any, any, any) can correspond to Ref-state (D, D) or Ref-state        (D, N/D).    -   When CC1=PCC    -   In the case of CC1, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2) and ACK-rsp(3) corresponding        to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   In the case of CC2, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) and ACK-rsp(4)        corresponding to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   When CC2=PCC    -   In the case of CC1, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) and ACK-rsp(4)        corresponding to the Ref-state and mapped.    -   In the case of CC2, an A/N combination identical to Ref-state        corresponding to HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) of Table 9 is        replaced by ACK-rsp(1), ACK(rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) and ACK-rsp(4)        corresponding to the Ref-state and mapped.

Second Scheme

Alternatively, it is possible to consider a scheme for mapping A/Nstates by commonly applying the basic mapping rule and a connection rule(e.g. PCC first, SCC last) to CC1 and CC2 on the basis of M=max(M1, M2)and determining a (PUCCH resource, QPSK symbol) combinationcorresponding thereto. Specifically, HARQ-ACKs(i) corresponding to A/Nresponses of CCs can be generated on the basis of a common value of M(by applying the basis mapping rule to the CCs) and connected togenerate HARQ-ACK(i) for all A/N states. ACK-rsp(i) with respect to eachCC can be set to a value defined according to M (refer to Tables 14 to18). Accordingly, when M1<M2, an A/N response to CC1 is given asACK-rsp(i) (i=1 to M2) (HARQ-ACK(i) corresponding thereto) based on M2.However, there is no actual DL data transmission corresponding toACK-rsp(i) (i=M1+1 to M2) (HARQ-ACK(i) corresponding thereto), and thusHARQ-ACK(i) can be processed as DTX. Then, A/N transmission can beperformed using (PUCCH resource, QPSK symbol) combinations correspondingto all A/N states. In other words, definition of A/N state mapping andHARQ-ACK(i) relating thereto in Tables 7, 8, 9, 12 and 13, definition ofPUCCH resource, etc. can be commonly applied to CC1 and CC2 according toM=max(M1, M2).

According to scheme 1, while improved A/N feedback transmissionperformance can be achieved, it is necessary to newly define A/N statemapping (definition of HARQ-ACK(i) related to A/N state mapping and aPUCCH resource allocation scheme are diversified) for every case inwhich M1 and M2 are different from each other, and thus systemcomplexity may increase and the existing A/N state mapping rule cannotbe reused. According to scheme 2, it is possible to reduce systemcomplexity by applying a common value of N to a plurality of CCs and toreuse the existing A/N state mapping scheme without newly configuring anA/N state mapping scheme for each (M1, M2) combination.

FIG. 14 illustrates an example of A/N transmission according to scheme2. Although the figure illustrates A/N transmission as being performedby a UE, it is apparent that a corresponding operation can be carriedout by a BS.

Referring to FIG. 14, the UE aggregates a plurality of CCs (e.g. CC1 andCC2) having different UL-DL configurations (refer to Table 1) (S1402).CC1 may be a PCC and CC2 may be an SCC. However, CC1 and CC2 are notlimited thereto. Then, upon reception of DL data (e.g. PDSCH, SPSrelease PDCCH or the like), the UE performs a process for transmittingA/N feedback for the DL data. Specifically, the UE can generate a firstHARQ-ACK set based on a value M for CC1 (S1404) and generate a secondHARQ-ACK set based on the same value M for CC2 (S1406). Here, M1represents the number of CC1 DL SFs (corresponding to the number ofelements in set K in Table 5) corresponding to PCC UL SFs (e.g. UL SF n)for A/N transmission. Similarly, M2 represents the number of CC2 DL SFs(corresponding to the number of elements in set K in Table 5)corresponding to PCC UL SFs (e.g. UL SF n) for A/N transmission. M isset as M=max(M1, M2), which represents a value that is not a smaller onebetween M1 and M2. That is, an A/N state for each CC is generated on thebasis of the common value of M applied to both CC1 and CC2.Specifically, the A/N state for each CC can be given according to Tables14 to 18. When M1<M2, the first HARQ-ACK set for CC1 can include M2HARQ-ACK responses (i.e. HARQ-ACK(0) to HARQ-ACK(M2−1)) and M2−M1HARQ-ACK responses (i.e. HARQ-ACK(M1) to HARQ-ACK(M2−1)) at the back ofthe first HARQ-ACK set can be set as DTX. When M1>M2, the first HARQ-ACKset for CC1 is configured in a similar manner. The UE can transmitinformation corresponding to a third HARQ-ACK set (refer to Tables 7, 8,9, 12 and 13) including the first HARQ-ACK set and the second HARQ-ACKset to the BS (S1408). The information corresponding to the thirdHARQ-ACK set can be transmitted through a PUCCH or PUSCH based onchannel selection.

When the scheme based on M=max(M1, M2) is applied to (M1, M2)=(2, 3),significant A/N states (ACK-rsp(1), ACK-rsp(2) and ACK-rsp(3)) for CC1correspond to (A, A, N/D) and (A, N/D, any). Referring to Table 17,while A/N states for each CC correspond to {(A, A, A), (A, A, N/D), (A,N/D, any), (N/D, any, any)} when M=3, the third A/N response is D in thecase of CC1, and thus significant A/N states for CC1 are (A, A, N/D) and(A, N/D, any) because (A, A, A) is not available and the second A/Nstate of (N/D, any, any) cannot be known. In other words, onlyinformation about (A, A) and (A, N/D) from among all A/N states {(A, A),(A, N/D), (N/D, A), (N/D, N/D)} regarding DL data corresponding to DAI=1and DAI=2 (or DL data w/o PDCCH and DAI=1) that can be present on CC1 isavailable for A/N transmission. When the scheme based on M=max(M1, M2)is applied to (M1, M2)=(2, 4), significant A/N states (ACK-rsp(1),ACK-rsp(2), ACK-rsp(3) and ACK-rsp(4)) for CC1 correspond to only (A, A,N/D, any) and (A, D, D, D). Referring to Table 18, while A/N states foreach CC correspond to {(A, A, A, N/D), (A, A, N/D, any), [(A, A, A, A)or (A, D, D, D)], [(N/D, any, any, any) or (A, N/D, any, any) except for(A, D, D, D)]} when M=4, the third and fourth A/N responses are all D inthe case of CC1, and thus significant A/N states for CC1 are (A, A, N/D,any) and (A, D, D, D) because A/N states other than (A, A, N/D, any) and(A, D, D, D) are available or unknown. In other words, only informationabout (A, A) and (A, D) from among all A/N states regarding DL datacorresponding to DAI=1 and DAI=2 (or DL data w/o PDCCH and DAI=1) thatcan be present on CC1 is available for A/N transmission. Accordingly, incase of M=4 based mapping, some A/N information (i.e. (A, N)) about CC1may be unnecessarily lost due to overlap A/N state mapping.

Therefore, when the scheme based on M=max(M1, M2) is applied to (M1,M2)=(2, 4), A/N mapping can be modified to reduce unnecessary A/Ninformation loss (with respect to CC1) caused by A/N state overlap inM=4 based mapping. Specifically, (A, N/D) from among A/N statescorresponding to DAI=1 and DAI=2 on CC1 (or DL data w/o PDCCH and DAI=1)may be mapped to ACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4)=“(A, D, D, D) or (A, A, A,A)” in Table 18 and A/N transmission may be performed using a (PUCCHresource, QPSK symbol) combination corresponding thereto in Table 13(that is, A/N transmission is performed considering that HARQ-ACK(1),(2), (3), (4)=“(A, D, D, D) or (A, A, A, A)” in Table 13). Accordingly,only (N/D, A) and (N/D, N/D) from among A/N states corresponding toDAI=1 and DAI=2 on CC1 (or DL data w/o PDCCH and DAI=1) can be mapped toACK-rsp(1), (2), (3), (4)=“(N/D, any, any, any) or (A, N/D, any, any),except for (A, D, D, D)” in Table 18 (that is, HARQ-ACK(1), (2), (3),(4) are regarded as “(N/D, any, any, any) or (A, N/D, any, any), exceptfor (A, D, D, D) in M=4 based mapping of Table 13).

The above-described A/N state mapping scheme can be equally applied to acase in which (M1, M2)=(2, 4) and A/N is piggybacked on a PUSCH, a casein which a UL DAI value corresponding to the PUSCH is 4 and/or a case inwhich a UL DAI corresponding to the PUSCH is not present (e.g. SPS basedPUSCH). Specifically, RM code input bits corresponding to A/N piggybackinformation can be generated according to the proposed M=4 based A/Nstate mapping scheme (refer to Tables 12 and 13) and transmitted througha PUSCH. Here, the UL DAI is signaled through a UL grant PDCCH thatschedules the PUSCH.

When (M1, M2)=(L, 0) (L being a positive integer excluding 0), it isalso possible to consider the method of generating HARQ-ACKs(i)corresponding to A/N responses to CCs and connecting HARQ-ACKs(i) on thebasis of a value of M=L (=max(M1, M2)) to generate HARQ-ACK(i) for allA/N states and determining a (PUCCH resource, QPSK symbol) combinationcorresponding thereto. ACK-rsp(i) of each CC correspond to a valuedefined as M (=L), and ACK-rsp(i) (HARQ-ACK(i) corresponding thereto)with respect to CC2 when M2=0 can be processed as DTX because it is notdefined.

In case of (M1, M2)=(L, 0), when the above-described connection rule(PCC first, SCC last) is applied to an A/N response (HARQ-ACK(i)corresponding thereto) generated for each CC without modification toconfigure all A/N states (HARQ-ACK(i) corresponding thereto), throughputand/or A/N feedback performance may be deteriorated in a specificsituation. For example, if (CC1, CC2)=(SCC, PCC), (M1, M2)=(L=1, 0) andNtb=1, A/N feedback transmission can be performed when an A/N responseto the SCC is ACK whereas A/N feedback transmission cannot be performedwhen the A/N response to the SCC is NACK (instead of DTX). This isbecause a (PUCCH resource, QPSK symbol) combination corresponding to(DTX, NACK) in Table 7 is not present (that is, no transmission) whileall A/N states are configured as (PCC, SCC)=(DTX, NACK) since ACK-rsp(i)(HARQ-ACK(i) corresponding thereto) for the PCC is always DTX.

Accordingly, the present invention additionally proposes a method ofgenerating HARQ-ACK(i) for all A/N states by applying a modifiedconnection rule (CC1 first, CC2 last) to the A/N response (HARQ-ACK(i)corresponding thereto) generated for each CC on the basis of the valueM=L (=max(M1, M2)) when (M1, M2)=(L, 0) (by employing the basic mappingrule). Here, CC1 denotes a CC having a number (i.e. Mc) of A/N-DL SFs,which is not 0, and CC2 denotes a CC having a (i.e. Mc) of A/N-DL SFs,which is 0. In this case, an A/N state corresponding to the PCC and aPUCCH resource linked thereto in Tables 7, 8, 9, 12 and 13 can be mappedto an A/N state corresponding to CC1 and a PUCCH resource linkedthereto, and a (PUCCH resource, QPSK symbol) combination correspondingto all A/N states is determined on the basis of the A/N state and thePUCCH resource. Here, an A/N state and PUCCH resource corresponding tothe SCC in Tables 7, 8, 9, 12 and 13 can be mapped to an A/N state (i.e.DTX) and PUCCH resource (which is not present) corresponding to CC2.That is, an A/N response to a CC having a number (i.e. Mc) of A/N-DLSFs, which is not 0, is arranged first in all A/N states and the (PUCCHresource, QPSK symbol) combination corresponding to the entire A/Dstates is determined based thereon.

The present invention proposes a method of configuringACK-rsp(i)-to-Ref-state mapping based on Table 16, 17 and 18 only forCC1 when (M1, M2)=(L, 0) and L=2, 3, 4, replacing an A/N combinationidentical to a Ref-state corresponding to HARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ(1) ofTable 7 by ACK-rsp(i) corresponding to the Ref-state and mappingACK-rsp(i). Here, n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0), and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1) can be allocatedto PUCCH resources linked/corresponding to CC1. For example, the PUCCHresources linked/corresponding to CC1 include PUCCH resources linked toDL data transmitted through first and second DL SFs of CC1 when L=2 orinclude PUCCH resources linked to DL data corresponding to DAI=1, 2 (orDL data w/o PDCCH, DAI=1) when L=3, 4.

In addition, the present invention proposes a scheme of regarding avalue of Ntb of CC2 as 1 all the time irrespective of a transmissionmode set to CC2, that is, the maximum number of transmittable TBs when(M1, M2)=(L, 0) and L=1 (without spatial bundling). This scheme is basedon the fact that A/N feedback transmission performance is improved asthe A/N state mapping size decreases (that is, better A/N feedbacktransmission performance is achieved in case of Table 8 rather thanTable 9 and better A/N feedback transmission performance is achieved incase of Table 7 rather than Table 8). Accordingly, A/N feedbackinformation can be mapped to an AN state in which HARQ-ACK(0) orHARQ-ACK(0) and HARQ-ACK(1) correspond to CC1 all the time in Table 10.

Alternatively, it is possible to consider a method of configuring A/Nstates using PUCCH format 1a/1b (L=1) (without application of spatialbundling) or using Table 7 (L=2), Table 8 (L=3) or Table 9 (L=4) (withapplication of spatial bundling) only for CC1 according to a value Lwhen (M1, M2)=(L, 0) and determining (PUCCH resource, QPSK symbol)combinations corresponding to the A/N states. In this case, HARQ-ACK(i)and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,i) in Tables 7, 8 and 9 respectively denote an A/Nresponse to DL data transmitted through an (i+1)th DL SF of CC1 and aPUCCH resource linked/corresponding to the A/N response. Spatialbundling may not be applied when L=2, and Tables 7 and 9 can berespectively applied to 2-bit A/N in case of Ntb=1 and 4-bit A/N in caseof Ntb=2. Here, HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) and HARQ-ACK(3)can respectively denote A/N responses to a first TB transmitted throughthe first DL SF on CC1, a second TB transmitted through the first DL SF,a first TB transmitted through the second DL SF on CC1 and a second TBtransmitted through the second DL SF.

A special SF (S SF) (corresponding to S SF configuration #0 in Table 2,for example) in which DwPTS period is configured of less than N (e.g.N=3) OFDM symbols may be allocated. In this case, when the S SF is setto a PCC (i.e. PCell), a PDCCH (which requires only 1-bit A/N feedback)that indicates SPS releases through the S SF can be transmitted. Whenthe S SF is set to an SCC (i.e. SCell), any PDCCH/DL data that requiresA/N feedback may not be transmitted through the S SF. Accordingly, whenan S SF (referred to as a shortest S SF for convenience) having a shortDwPTS period is set to the PCell, A/N corresponding to the shortest S SFcan be allocated to 1 bit all the time irrespective of a value of Ntbset to the PCell, or the shortest S SF can be excluded from A/N-DL SFsfor determining M. In this case, the UE can consider that a PDCCH thatindicates SPS release is not transmitted through the S SF (and thus aPDCCH monitoring process (e.g. blind decoding) can be skipped in thePCell S SF). When the shortest S SF is set to the SCell, the S SF can beexcluded from A/N-DL SFs for determining M. Alternatively, in case ofPCell, Ntb-bit (e.g. in case of M=1) according to a value of Ntb set tothe PCell or 1-bit (e.g. in case of M>1) when spatial bundling isapplied can be allocated to A/N corresponding to the shortest S SF. Incase of SCell, the shortest S SF can be excluded from A/N-DL SFs fordetermining M.

In addition, 1-bit may always be allocated to A/N corresponding to theshortest S SF set to the PCell irrespective of a value of Ntb set to thePCell without excluding the shortest S SF from A/N-DL SFs. In this case,the following A/N bit allocation scheme can be performed for a specificvalue of M when PCell is set to Ntb=2. Values of M for the PCell andSCell are respectively defined as Mp and Ms for convenience. Inaddition, the numbers of A/N bits corresponding to the PCell and SCellare respectively defined as Np and Ns. It is assumed that at leastA/N-DL-SFs corresponding to Mp include the shortest S SF.

1) When Mp=1

A. Np=1

B. Ntb of the PCell is regarded as 1 only for Mp, and then the proposedmethod for (M1, M2)=(1, 0), (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3) or (1, 4) is applied.

2) When Mp=2 and Ms=0 (option 1)

A. Np=2 (spatial bundling is applied) and Ns=0

B. The proposed method for (M1, M2)=(2, 0) is applied.

3) When Mp=2 and Ms=0 (option 2)

A. Np=3 (1 bit for the shortest S SF and 2 bits for a normal DL SF) andNs=0

B. Channel selection for 3-bit A/N is employed using Table 8 withoutapplying spatial bundling.

4) When Mp=2, Ms=1 and Ntb=1 for SCell (option 1)

A. Np=2 (spatial bundling is applied) and Ns=1

B. The proposed method for (M1, M2)=(1, 2) is applied.

5) When Mp=2, Ms=1 and SCell is set to Ntb=1 (option 2)

A. Np=3 (1 bit for the shortest S SF and 2 bits for a normal DL SF) andNs=1

B. Channel selection for 4-bit A/N is employed using Table 8 withoutapplying spatial bundling.

6) When Mp=2, Ms=1 and SCell is set to Ntb=2 (option 1)

A. Np=2 (spatial bundling is applied) and Ns=1 (spatial bundling isapplied)

B. The proposed method for (M1, M2)=(1, 2) is applied.

7) When Mp=2, Ms=1 and SCell is set to Ntb=2 (option 2)

A. Np=2 (spatial bundling is applied) and Ns=2

B. The proposed method for (M1, M2)=(1, 2) is applied.

Even when the PCell and SCell have the same TDD DL-UL configuration, theproposed methods can be employed on the basis of the above-describedscheme (that is, A/N corresponding to the shortest S SF is allocated to1 bit all the time or the shortest S SF is excluded from A/N-DL SFs(when M is determined)) when the shortest S SF is set.

FIG. 15 illustrates a BS and a UE applicable to an embodiment of thepresent invention. When a wireless communication system includes arelay, communication is performed between a BS and the relay on abackhaul link and between the relay and a UE on an access link. The BSor UE shown in FIG. 16 can be replaced by a relay as necessary.

Referring to FIG. 15, an RF communication system includes a BS 110 and aUE 120. The BS 110 includes a processor 112, a memory 114 and an RF unit116. The processor 112 may be configured to implement the proceduresand/or methods proposed by the present invention. The memory 114 isconnected to the processor 112 and stores various types of informationrelating to operations of the processor 112. The RF unit 116 isconnected to the processor 112 and transmits and/or receives RF signals.The UE 120 includes a processor 122, a memory 124 and an RF unit 126.The processor 122 may be configured to implement the procedures and/ormethods proposed by the present invention. The memory 124 is connectedto the processor 122 and stores various types of information relating tooperations of the processor 122. The RF unit 126 is connected to theprocessor 122 and transmits and/or receives RF signals. The BS 110 andthe UE 120 may have a single antenna or multiple antennas.

The embodiments of the present invention described hereinbelow arecombinations of elements and features of the present invention. Theelements or features may be considered selective unless otherwisementioned. Each element or feature may be practiced without beingcombined with other elements or features. Further, an embodiment of thepresent invention may be constructed by combining parts of the elementsand/or features. Operation orders described in embodiments of thepresent invention may be rearranged. Some constructions of any oneembodiment may be included in another embodiment and may be replacedwith corresponding constructions of another embodiment. It is obvious tothose skilled in the art that claims that are not explicitly cited ineach other in the appended claims may be presented in combination as anembodiment of the present invention or included as a new claim bysubsequent amendment after the application is filed.

In the embodiments of the present invention, a description is given,centering on a data transmission and reception relationship between a BSand a UE. In some cases, a specific operation described as performed bythe BS may be performed by an upper node of the BS. Namely, it isapparent that, in a network comprised of a plurality of network nodesincluding a BS, various operations performed for communication with anMS may be performed by the BS, or network nodes other than the BS. Theterm ‘eNB’ may be replaced with the term ‘fixed station’, ‘Node B’,‘Base Station (BS)’, ‘access point’, etc. The term ‘UE’ may be replacedwith the term ‘Mobile Station (MS)’, ‘Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS)’,‘mobile terminal’, etc.

The embodiments of the present invention may be achieved by variousmeans, for example, hardware, firmware, software, or a combinationthereof. In a hardware configuration, the methods according to theembodiments of the present invention may be achieved by one or moreApplication Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital SignalProcessors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs),Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays(FPGAs), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors,etc.

In a firmware or software configuration, the embodiments of the presentinvention may be implemented in the form of a module, a procedure, afunction, etc. For example, software code may be stored in a memory unitand executed by a processor. The memory unit is located at the interioror exterior of the processor and may transmit and receive data to andfrom the processor via various known means.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention maybe carried out in other specific ways than those set forth hereinwithout departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of thepresent invention. The above embodiments are therefore to be construedin all aspects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of theinvention should be determined by the appended claims and their legalequivalents, not by the above description, and all changes coming withinthe meaning and equivalency range of the appended claims are intended tobe embraced therein.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention is applicable to wireless communicationapparatuses such as a UE, a relay, a BS, etc.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for transmitting uplink controlinformation by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system,the UE being configured with a plurality of cells including a first celland a second cell having different uplink-downlink (UL-DL)configurations, the method comprising: receiving downlink signals in anM1 number of subframes according to an UL-DL configuration of the firstcell and in an M2 number of subframes according to an UL-DLconfiguration of the second cell; determining HARQ-ACK responses for thereceived downlink signals based on a maximum value of M1 or M2; andtransmitting bit values corresponding to the determined HARQ-ACKresponses in an uplink subframe.
 2. The method according to claim 1,wherein the first cell is a primary cell (PCell) and the second cell isa secondary cell (SCell).
 3. The method according to claim 2, whereinthe PCell is a cell used for the UE to establish an initial connectionor re-establish a connection, and the SCell is a cell other than thePCell.
 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the M2 number ofsubframes is associated with the uplink subframe by applying the UL-DLconfiguration of the second cell and a reference UL-DL configuration forthe second cell.
 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein thereference UL-DL configuration for the second cell is set equal to theUL-DL configuration of the first cell.
 6. The method according to claim4, wherein the reference UL-DL configuration for the second cell is setequal to the UL-DL configuration of the second cell.
 7. The methodaccording to claim 4, wherein the reference UL-DL configuration for thesecond cell is set equal to an UL-DL configuration other than the UL-DLconfiguration of the first cell and the UL-DL configuration of thesecond cell.
 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of thefirst cell and the second cell has one of UL-DL configurations of thefollowing table: uplink-downlink subframe number configuration 0 1 2 3 45 6 7 8 9 0 D S U U U D S U U U 1 D S U U D D S U U D 2 D S U D D D S UD D 3 D S U U U D D D D D 4 D S U U D D D D D D 5 D S U D D D D D D D 6D S U U U D S U U D,

wherein D denotes a subframe for downlink, S denotes a subframecomprising a downlink period, a guard period, and an uplink period, andU denotes a subframe for uplink.
 9. The method according to claim 1,wherein the bit values are transmitted via a physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH) using a specific PUCCH resource corresponding to thedetermined HARQ-ACK responses from among a plurality of PUCCH resources.10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the bit values aretransmitted via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
 11. A userequipment (UE) configured to transmit uplink control information in awireless communication system, the UE being configured with a pluralityof cells including a first cell and a second cell having differentuplink-downlink (UL-DL) configurations, the UE comprising: a radiofrequency (RF) transceiver; and a processor configured to: control theRF transceiver to receive downlink signals in an M1 number of subframesaccording to an UL-DL configuration of the first cell and in an M2number of subframes according to an UL-DL configuration of the secondcell, determine HARQ-ACK responses for the received downlink signalsbased on a maximum value of M1 or M2, and control the RF transceiver totransmit bit values corresponding to the determined HARQ-ACK responsesin an uplink subframe.
 12. The UE according to claim 11, wherein thefirst cell is a primary cell (PCell) and the second cell is a secondarycell (SCell).
 13. The UE according to claim 12, wherein the PCell is acell used for the UE to establish an initial connection or re-establisha connection, and the SCell is a cell other than the PCell.
 14. The UEaccording to claim 11, wherein the M2 number of subframes is associatedwith the uplink subframe by applying the UL-DL configuration of thesecond cell and a reference UL-DL configuration for the second cell. 15.The UE according to claim 14, wherein the reference UL-DL configurationfor the second cell is set equal to the UL-DL configuration of the firstcell.
 16. The UE according to claim 14, wherein the reference UL-DLconfiguration for the second cell is set equal to the UL-DLconfiguration of the second cell.
 17. The UE according to claim 14,wherein the reference UL-DL configuration for the second cell is setequal to an UL-DL configuration other than the UL-DL configuration ofthe first cell and the UL-DL configuration of the second cell.
 18. TheUE according to claim 11, wherein each of the first cell and the secondcell has one of UL-DL configurations of the following table:uplink-downlink subframe number configuration 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 D SU U U D S U U U 1 D S U U D D S U U D 2 D S U D D D S U D D 3 D S U U UD D D D D 4 D S U U D D D D D D 5 D S U D D D D D D D 6 D S U U U D S UU D,

wherein D denotes a subframe for downlink, S denotes a subframecomprising a downlink period, a guard period, and an uplink period, andU denotes a subframe for uplink.
 19. The UE according to claim 11,wherein the bit values are transmitted via a physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH) using a specific PUCCH resource corresponding to thedetermined HARQ-ACK responses from among a plurality of PUCCH resources.20. The UE according to claim 11, wherein the bit values are transmittedvia a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).